In the course we used the command-line tools, Python libraries like
MoviePy,
VidPy, and
Videogrep, and various machine
learning models to explore video archives, thinking through the possibilities (and
limitations) of analyzing, filtering, sorting, editing, and composing video with code.
The full syllabus, readings and example code are available
on GitHub.
To conclude the ten weeks we celebrated with a showcase screening at
LARPA, my shared studio space. The screening
featured work from 29 of the participants, who each submitted a 2-3 minute long video
piece that made use of the techniques we covered in the class. Some chose to fully
automate the creation of their videos, while others combined automated and manual
techniques. You can watch the full screening, or as individual clips below!
The Videos
a history of change (magical), by Ada Zhou
An initial exploration into magical girl transformations. This timeline places
transformation objects with pivotal consumer technology device advertisements to study
the aesthetic and commercial progression of the transformation objects and the idea of
a transforming girl.
Ekaterinburg: Animal World ‘96-‘01, by arkadiy kukarkin, huge thanks to
@tauekb3 for uploading, Jonas Beile for last minute NLE rescue, Sarah Friend for
infinite patience
A hallucinatory journey through the violence and wonder of growing up in the ruins of
post-soviet Russia. Featuring extracts from "9 1/2" nightly news (1996-2000) for the
Ural region and "В мире животных" nature documentary program.
Pick Three, by Beth Fileti
true crime, by Carrie Hott
This video is a combination of video and audio clips pulled from television episodes
in which I was an actor. Overlaid on the production clips are behind the scenes
images, as evidence of the production process.
and i was like oh, by Chloé Desaulles
poem reading, by Connie Liu
Contrasting a poem about using nature as a metaphor for temporality with the literal
temporality of the current state of our natural world due to climate change
Men Explain Peat to Me, by Emily Saltz
Somewhere in the world right now, there's a man standing(/sinking) in the middle of a
bog, espousing the wonders of peatlands. At least that's what Emily Saltz discovered
over many months [collecting bog
videos](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F1fRVRohORnDD7AdSxoju5nVQjCCR_26Mr4NX9-FJNI/edit#heading=h.wsysrme7uie4)
from YouTube as creator of the bog-themed radio show "Discobog." This is a video
collage of some of her favorite men (+ a few bonus women!) talking about peat, its
extraction, and its restoration.
Brown Noise, by Esteban Arellano
untitled (the way we [hold/touch/embrace] technology), by esther bouquet
Small moments of intimacy between two hands and a “technological” object that are
captured and re-enacted, creating both a friction with the inherently capitalist
environment of QVC's home shopping set, and an archive of gestures that either
disappeared, faded or evolved through today's.
More! More! More! by Fee Christoph
this memory doesn’t exist, by gonzalo moiguer
This chaptered documentary depicts an infinite number of childhood memories. These
memories may or may not exist; they are the result of precise extraction from the
public domain paired with descriptions dreamed by machines and read by humans. Viewers
are invited to reject these memories as false and fabricated, or perhaps question
whether there's any truth about themselves in these AI-assisted narratives.
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Home Video, by Irena Wang
An exploration of the many functions home videos serve for me as a mother, followed by
a visual essay framed as a defense of walking behind, observing (and recording)
someone who isn’t observing you.
NarrowMinded, by Jingyi Wang
a Python-based video tool that enables users to perceive sensorial barriers to
technology through the existence of beings in digital videos.
wilding, by jonathan gray
A speculative exploration of online media on forest making and its unanticipated
consequences.
30th Avenue, by Kaelan Burkett
30th Avenue is a video/hypertext document, archiving impressions of 30th Avenue in
Queens, New York. Videos from this location are broadcast at the original time of
their recording. You can view the live broadcast at:
http://kaelanburkett.com/30th-avenue.
Analogue Reminisce, by Kayla Henry-Griffin
Images, videos, and sounds from my memories growing up. These visuals have shaped me
and morphed me as a person. As I shape and form,the visuals may change and new
variations of the work will occur.
I get paid to exist, by Leslie Predy
A document of the existential absurdity seen when capitalism, modern "wellness"
culture, and social media intersect
Home, by Made by Kin Marie
God shaped hole, by music by Tavener (Funeral Canticle); video by Shakti
WOAHMONE Sampler, by Nica Ross (2010 - 2016)
WOAHMONE was a monthly party that ran from 2010 - 2016 in New York City. WOAHMONE's
name and aesthetic inverts the theme of radical lesbian separatism by creating a space
for radical lesbian inclusion. The event focuses on a night of music that spans and
expands upon queer social and sexual history, curated by Savannah Knoop and Nath Ann
Carrera and accompanied by video composed of found films, homemade porn and YouTube
clips selected and mixed live by Nica Ross.
444Hz Artist Affirmations, by Rebecca Picanso
Meditation track to price your paintings to, sourced from an archive of 14 hours of
Sotheby livestream footage.
Studies, by Ryan Woodring
Silent Sermon, by Sabrina Sommer
dance yrslf clean, by Sahar Khraibani
good boy!! by shalin shah
Hard Times Ahead [wip], by Sim
The beginning of a study on individual safety preparedness culture & the issues it may
both respond to & exasturbate at once.
say it like u mean it, by Syd White
Mr. Beast Saying Increasingly Large Amounts of Money, by WTTDOTM (Morry Kolman), Mr.
Beast (Jimmy Donaldson)
A study in the structure of virality by taking the most popular YouTuber in the world
- Mr. Beast - and distilling the content of his videos into one of their strongest
themes: increasing amounts of money,